Joseph Diaz (Jo Jo) pugile
- combattimenti
- 35
- vinto
- 32
- perduto
- 2
- pareggiare
- 1
- Stato
- active
- Divisione
- super featherweight
- Debutto
- 2012-12-15
- Altezza
- 5′ 6″/168cm
- Arrivare a
- 64″/163cm
- Età
- 26
- Nato
- 1992-11-23
- Morte
- -
- Nazionalità
- USA
Joseph "JoJo" Pedroza Diaz Jr. (born November 23, 1992) is an American professional boxer who held the WBC interim lightweight title from July 2021 to December 2021. He also held the IBF super featherweight title from 2020 to February 2021 and challenged once for the WBC featherweight title in 2018. At regional level, he held the WBC-NABF, and WBO-NABO featherweight titles between 2015 and 2018. As an amateur he competed at the 2012 Olympics as a bantamweight.Joseph is of Mexican descent. He attended Kranz Intermediate at the age of 12-14. He is left-handed and fights southpaw. As a child he played baseball but took up boxing to learn self-defense. He is coached by his father. He attended South El Monte High School.Prior to the Olympic Trials, he was the two-time reigning national champion at bantamweight that included a win over Antonio Nieves. Diaz became the first American boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics by becoming a quarter-finalist at the 2011 World Championships, where he defeated both 2004 Olympic silver medalist Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand and former world championship bronze medalist Óscar Valdez of Mexico but lost to Lázaro Álvarez. Díaz was the 2011 U.S. National Champion at featherweight at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He fought in the 2010-11 World Series of BoxingAt the 2012 Summer Olympics he beat Pavlo Ishchenko, but ran into Alvarez in his second fight and lost again.Diaz made his professional debut in 2012 against Vincent Alfaro, winning by unanimous decision over four rounds and also scored a knockdown in the fourth. On May 9, 2015, Diaz defeated Giovanni Delgado via unanimous decision on the undercard of the Canelo Álvarez vs James Kirkland fight. He stepped up competition against veteran Rene Alvarado in a fight televised on HBO Latino in July 2015 and on December 18, Diaz Jr. defeated Hugo Partida and earned the WBC-NABF featherweight title. He went on to defend the title multiple times, before challenging Gary Russell Jr. for the WBC featherweight title on May 19, 2018 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Diaz was unsuccessful, losing a unanimous decision to scores of 117–111, 117–111, 115–113.On January 30, 2020, Diaz defeated IBF super featherweight champion Tevin Farmer by unanimous decision with scores of 115–113, 115–113, and 116–112 to claim his first world title. After the fight, Diaz praised his opponent, saying "Tevin Farmer is a hell of a fighter, guys. I thank him for giving me this opportunity."
Data | Avversario | Ultimi risultati degli avversari | Luogo | Risultato |
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2021-12-04 | Devin Haney | WWWWWW | MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
2021-07-09 | Javier Fortuna | WLWWW | Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles | LOST Unanimous decision |
2021-02-13 | Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov | WWWWWW | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | DRAW Majority decision |
2020-01-30 | Tevin Farmer | WWWWW | Meridian at Island Gardens, Miami | LOST Unanimous decision |
2019-09-21 | Jesus Cuadro | WWLWLW | Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali | WIN Majority decision |
2019-05-04 | Freddy Fonseca | WWWWWW | T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
2019-02-09 | Charles Huerta | WWLLWW | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN Unanimous decision |
2018-08-11 | Jesus M Rojas | WDWWWW | The Avalon, Hollywood | WIN Unanimous decision |
2018-05-19 | Gary Russell Jr | WLWWWW | MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill | LOST Unanimous decision |
2018-02-22 | Victor Terrazas | WWLWLD | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN KO |
2017-09-16 | Rafael Rivera | WWWWWW | T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
2017-05-06 | Manuel Avila | WWWWWW | T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
2016-12-17 | Horacio Garcia | WWWLWD | Forum, Inglewood | WIN Unanimous decision |
2016-09-17 | Andrew Cancio | WLWLWW | AT&T Stadium, Arlington | WIN Technical knockout |
2016-07-30 | Victor Proa | WWWLWW | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN KO |
2016-03-26 | Jayson Velez | WWWDWL | Oracle Arena, Oakland | WIN Unanimous decision |
2015-12-18 | Hugo Partida | WWWWLL | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN Technical knockout |
2015-10-23 | Ruben Tamayo | DWWWLL | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN Unanimous decision |
2015-07-11 | Rene Alvarado | WWLWLW | Sports Arena, Los Angeles | WIN Unanimous decision |
2015-05-09 | Giovanni Delgado | WLWWLW | Minute Maid Park, Houston | WIN Unanimous decision |
2015-03-06 | Juan Luis Hernandez | WWLWWL | Belasco Theater, Los Angeles | WIN Technical knockout |
2014-12-08 | Jose Angel Beranza | WLLLLL | Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio | WIN Unanimous decision |
2014-11-13 | Roberto Castaneda | LLLLWL | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN Corner retirement |
2014-09-29 | Raul Hidalgo | WLWWLW | State Farm Arena, Hidalgo | WIN Technical knockout |
2014-07-09 | Ramiro Robles | WWWWWW | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, Las Vegas | WIN Unanimous decision |
2014-04-26 | Luis Maldonado | WLLLLL | StubHub Center, Carson | WIN Unanimous decision |
2014-03-08 | Jovany Fuentes | LWWWLL | MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
2013-12-13 | Carlos Rodriguez | WWLLWW | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN Technical knockout |
2013-08-24 | Noel Mendoza | WWWLWL | StubHub Center, Carson | WIN KO |
2013-07-20 | Luis Cosme | WWWDLW | Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio | WIN KO |
2013-06-08 | Rigoberto Casillas | LWLLLL | Home Depot Center, Carson | WIN Corner retirement |
2013-05-03 | Eric Gotay | WWWL | The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
2013-03-16 | Alberto Cupido | WLLLWL | Grand Oasis Arena, Cancun | WIN Unanimous decision |
2013-02-02 | Jose Ruiz | LWWL | The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
2012-12-15 | Vicente Alfaro Martinez | WWWLWL | Sports Arena, Los Angeles | WIN Unanimous decision |